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Inheritors of Eschaton

Name: Inheritors of Eschaton
Rating: 4.67 (309 reviews)
Author: TMarkos

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Synopsis

The tear in reality led to a new world, one that promised fortune, prestige and a deeper understanding of the universe.

Those that entered found only death.

Four survivors are stranded in a strange and hostile world, at the mercy of forces they cannot understand. Their only path forward is to travel among the ashes of a broken and dying land searching for a way to survive, to endure – and to make their way back home.

Cover art by Harry Rowland.

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